This
paper
discusses
the
use
of
a
strategy
called
an
academic
controversy
to
facilitate
critical
thinking
about,
and
deeper
understanding
of,
natural
resource
issues.
A
format
is
given
for
conducting
an
academic
controversy
in
the
classroom
along
with
suggestions
for
timing
of
the
strategy.
Instructors
have
observed
that
students
stay
more
focused
on
the
problem
being
discussed
than
when
the
material
...
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This
article
describes
a
case
in
which
a
needs
assessment
was
conducted
by
graduate
students
in
the
Environmental
Education
Program
Development
course
at
the
University
of
Florida.
This
assessment
served
to
provide
guidance
for
program
improvement
to
the
Crown
Region
Environmental
Education
Service
Project
(RSP),
and
to
provide
students
with
experience
in
developing
tools
and
designing
strategies
...
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Teaching
methods
that
are
often
recommended
to
improve
the
learning
environment
in
college
science
courses
include
cooperative
learning,
adding
inquiry-based
activities
to
traditional
lectures,
and
engaging
students
in
projects
or
investigations.
Two
questions
often
surround
these
efforts:
1)
can
these
methods
be
used
in
large
classes;
and
2)
how
do
we
know
that
they
are
increasing
student
learning?
...
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This
article
discusses
the
need
for
environmental
education
(EE)
among
diverse
(i.e
non-white,
non-hispanic)
urban
youth.
Major
points
include
the
large
proportion
of
these
youths
who
live
in
urban
settings
far
removed
from
nature,
and
three
factors
that
converge
to
make
EE
for
this
group
a
priority.
These
are:
1)
the
greatest
opportunities
to
understand
about
the
environment
exist
at
elementary
levels;
...
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Environmental
educators
in
many
states
are
finding
that
reform
efforts
are
constraining
the
time
they
have
to
prepare
and
teach
new
activities.
Therefore,
they
may
find
it
appropriate
to
develop
materials
that
address
environmental
education
(EE)
needs
as
well
as
augmenting
state
reform
goals.
This
study
provides
an
example
in
which
a
biodiversity
curriculum
guide,
using
the
"Linking
Florida's
Natural
...
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One
of
the
ways
in
which
universities
can
contribute
to
environmental
awareness
is
by
establishing
programs
to
ensure
that
all
graduates
are
environmentally
literate.
This
article
describes
a
case
in
which
a
module
for
business
students
on
environmental
management
at
the
University
of
Wales,
Swansea
was
developed
to
include
an
element
of
environmental
reviewing.
The
way
in
which
this
is
introduced
...
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Traditional
evaluation
methods
have
been
deemed
ineffective
for
evaluating
environmental
education
(EE)
programs.
In
contrast,
ongoing,
participatory
evaluation
involving
local
stakeholders
in
problem
identification,
evaluation
design,
data
collection,
analysis,
and
use
of
results
was
found
to
provide
improved
and
more
useful
results.
This
article
describes
a
case
in
which
participatory
evaluation
...
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The
Environmental
Education
and
Training
Partnership
(EETAP)
is
a
consortium
of
universities,
non-profit
organizations,
and
professional
education
associations
whose
efforts
are
focused
on
identifying
and
implementing
essential
educator
training
services
for
delivery
of
quality
and
professional
environmental
education
(EE).
In
this
study,
capacity
building
was
evaluated
at
the
state
level
and
the
...
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